Including the closely related terms charge points, public charging points, and ev charge points.
… the consultation closed, the Scottish Government also published its Energy Strategy. It reinforced the points in Transport Scotland’s documents and the UK Government announced its intention to mandate EV charge points in new buildings in its forthcoming building standards review. This document, in seeking to map out a path for the uptake of EVs in Orkney, is therefore extremely timely. It is launched…
… Orkney Electric Vehicle Strategy 2018 V 9.5 13.4.7 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 50 Appendix 5. Electric Vehicle charging and its impact on the Orkney grid. ........................... 51 13.5.1 Electricity supply requirements for public charging points…
… will be needed on all public charging points which will be at least as expensive as domestic standard rate electricity. This will remove the incentive to charge for free in public, so reducing the burden on infrastructure. 3. Almost all new EVs have ranges of greater than 100 miles and this is expected to increase to 150 miles during the life of this Strategy. 4. Owners of EVs in Orkney can access…
… and for flexibility is preferable to the tethered options, as these cannot be used by all EVs. 2. For those without off road parking, it will be necessary to consider enabling most night-time parking spots to become EV charge points. Some form of on street charging point in the public realm will be required. Action: OIC investigate ‘on street’ charging options for overnight parking and attract a supplier…
… for an R&D project. 10 See Appendix 1 for results of survey undertaken of Orkney EV drivers in 2018. 11 The 10A limiter needs to be hung from a hook to avoid putting strain on the 13A socket. 23 Orkney Electric Vehicle Strategy 2018 V 9.5 All public charging points should be labelled appropriately including an identifier…